$1 mn US reward for information on criminal network

Washington, May 30: The US is offering a reward of up to onr million

for information about a criminal network based in Central

, the State Department said Thursday.

The network of Kamchybek Kolbayev is allegedly involved in drug trafficking, arms trafficking, human trafficking, extortion, and other crimes, Xinhua quoted the State Department as saying in a statement.

The network is also part of the broader Brothers' Circle transnational criminal organization composed of leaders and members of several Eurasian criminal groups, it added.

The US Treasury Department blacklisted Kolbayev for acting for or on behalf of the Brothers' Circle in February 2012.

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